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"With extensive research and a cultural context, Stuckey-French describes the many reasons essays grew in appeal and importance for Americans. He also explores the rise of E.B. White, considered by many the greatest American essayist of the first half of the twentieth century ... This book is o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stuckey-French, Ned
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, ©2011.
Temas:
White, E. B. > (Elwyn Brooks), > 1899-1985.
White, E. B. > (Elwyn Brooks), > 1899-1985
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)
1800-1999
Geschichte.
American essays > 20th century > History and criticism.
Essayists > 20th century.
Essay.
American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Essais américains > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Essayistes > 20e siècle.
Essai (Genre littéraire)
Prose américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Prose américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > Essays.
American essays
American prose literature
Essay
Essayists
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : defending the essay
  • The genteel essay and the gentleman at the fireside
  • The "death" of the essay
  • The essay in the Progressive Era
  • New York, New York : the arrival of the colyumnists
  • Starting out at the New Yorker
  • Leaving the New Yorker
  • Epilogue : "once more to the lake," history, and freshman composition.

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